Roy Oliver was fired from the Balch Springs Police Department days after the shooting of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Edwards was in the front passenger seat of a moving car carrying five black teens when Oliver opened fire.
The shooting launched the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs into a national conversation on issues of law enforcement and race. Experts said ahead of the trial that securing convictions against an officer was challenging, in part because criminal culpability in on-duty shootings is subjective and jurors are more inclined to believe police testimony.
The shooting came after Oliver and his partner, Tyler Gross, had broken up the house party following a report of underage drinking. Both officers were inside the residence when they heard gunfire outside and responded.
Investigators later determined the shots were fired near a nursing home in the area.
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3 comments:
This is so wrong, you try being a cop today and deal with all the crap. He should be given a pass on this. One little mistake in such a stressful job.
Justice is served.
10:29 if the sound of gunfire in the distance makes him shoot anything that moves he never should have been a cop. If you were burrying your son maybe you would agree.
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